1. |
Hold the Line
02:16
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HOLD THE LINE (Shirk)
Come alive!
And on an Autumn night you were In my eyes
All the best and all the worst
In my eyes
You know that I
I am real and I am cursed to Hold the line
And put everybody first And hold the line
And you....
There’s always something more I could do
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2. |
Lonesome, Distant Sirens
02:55
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LONESOME DISTANT SIRENS (Shirk) I might be so wrong
But I think we’re alright
Palm trees fall down and
Lean into power lines
With the porch light on
Lip is bleeding, cold hands are at my side Who will answer those
Distant, sad, and lonesome sirens?
The fall is over
This town fell down in
One evening, 1955
I know I know that sound
Though I was not here or alive
Yeah, I might be wrong
I’ve had this feeling, I’ve had it many times And I remember you
I know your name do you
Remember mine?
The fall is over
It was you who
Split my lip open palmed
It will come back to you
Piece by piece or all at once
With the porch light on
I have been waiting here all this time And I will prove you wrong
Hands in pocket
I will wait outside
The fall is over
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3. |
At Magic Hour Cathedral
02:35
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AT MAGIC HOUR CATHEDRAL (Shirk)
Goodnight midnight!
I’m walking towards the Twilight Hall And as I pass by
I see the things I’ve seen before At Magic Hour Cathedral
Dressed in purple
Then I slept for four years
And awoke on the velvet moors And in the psychic frontier
The apparition said
“Follow me home”
To Magic Hour Cathedral
Dressed in purple
And the hills are singing
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4. |
Blood Oranges
01:48
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BLOOD ORANGES (Shirk)
Blood Oranges
I’ve seen it in my mind
Blood Oranges
I’ve seen them in my mind
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5. |
Mary-Anne
04:33
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MARY-ANNE (Shirk)
I fell asleep out on the back porch
As the town was turning out the lights
With a shotgun across my lap
It made me feel like I was alive
I had a dream that we were waiting
For the bombs to fall from the sky
You wore a summer dress with no shoes
I wore my very best suit and tie
I don’t know where I am
Or where we’re off to
Or what you see when you turn out the lights
I don’t know where I am
Or where we’re off to
There’s something out in the darkness
Tonight
I woke up out on the front porch
And watched the stars all fall from the sky
And the darkness became more daunting
With the elm trees creaking in the night
Do you ever feel like we’re waiting
For something that never arrives?
And the dreams that we were dreaming
Are just as real when we open our eyes?
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6. |
Animals That Sing
01:58
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ANIMALS THAT SING (Shirk)
I am only one
Of the animals that sing
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7. |
True Believers
01:01
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TRUE BELIEVERS (Shirk)
True believers
While you wait
For somebody to call
We are leaving on the next train
What will you say when you’re wrong?
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8. |
My Parachute is Black
03:40
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MY PARACHUTE IS BLACK (Shirk)
I, I have an announcement
I can’t take it back
With my eyes, I am a vampire
You better watch your back
And all this time
I am watching you
You, you are forgiven
For everything you lack
Oh and I, I am a nightmare
My parachute is black
And all this time
I am watching you
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9. |
You'll Never Find Me
02:14
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YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME (Shirk)
You’ll never find me
You’ll never take me alive
Not in a hundred (thousand) years
No matter how hard you try
You (I) haven’t heard a word that I’ve (you’ve) said
Now I’ll (you) walk away and sigh
Cross my (your) arms and roll my (your) eyes
You’ll never take me alive
You’ll never take me alive
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10. |
Midnight Movies
01:12
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MIDNIGHT MOVIES (Shirk)
Midnight movies are coming on
Same ones you saw when you were young
Up all night and all alone
Midnight movies are coming on
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Richard Shirk Oakland, California
Before you agree that streaming music killed the cult band, consider the strange tales told by Oakland musician Richard Shirk. Sounding like college radio at one a.m. circa 1982, Shirk’s concise, and vivid songs have one foot firmly planted in the realm of the 3 minute (or less) indie single and the other in a used bookshop somewhere in the Midwest browsing through vintage Bradbury paperbacks. ... more
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